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Religion:
Academic Info Religion: Subject Index. Academic Info
A huge collection of Internet resources for the academic study of religion. There are sections for the world’s major religions, religious movements, and geographical areas.
http://www.academicinfo.net/religindex.html
African Traditional Religion. Chidi Denis Isizoh
This overview of African traditional religion includes statistics, essays on the convergence of African traditional religion with Christianity and Islam, and a bibliography, as well as links to related sites.
http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/
Buddhist Studies WWW Virtual Library
Provides information about sects, Buddhist studies sites, and links to religious texts, electronic newsletters, and resources for practicing Buddhists.
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Buddhism.html
The Hindu Universe. Hindu Students Council
This comprehensive site has information about the history of Hinduism, gods, temples, philosophy, customs, and contemporary issues. Also includes links to Hindu texts.
http://www.hindunet.org/home.shtml
Internet Christian Library. The Institute for Christian Leadership
A vast collection of links, covering everything from Christian denominations, missions, and religious texts to research, academic sites, and religious broadcasting. The Web Subjects Guide is particularly useful.
http://www.iclnet.org/
Islamic Texts and Resources MetaPage. Muslim Students Association,
State University of New York at Buffalo
This page provides links to introductory information about Islam, scriptures and texts, Islamic history, concepts, and issues, and a collection of pamphlets by the Institute of Islamic Information and Education.
http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/head.html
Judaism and Jewish Resources. Andrew Tannenbaum
Presents a well-organized array of resources relating to Judaism and Jewish studies. Includes numerous links to sites in Israel.
http://shamash.org/trb/judaism.html
The New Religious Movements Homepage. Jeffrey K. Hadden,
Department of Sociology, University of Virginia This site, created for a sociology course, has evolved into a comprehensive collection of resources concerning new religious movements worldwide.
http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~jkh8x/soc257/
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance Home Page
This site provides information about many religions in the context of exposing religious intolerance. Includes information about current topics, controversies, and ethical issues related to religious beliefs.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
Religion Online
An extensive digital library of over 250 book chapters, monographs, speeches, and articles on the socio-cultural aspects of Christianity. The texts, written by religious scholars, are arranged into twenty subject sections, such as Church and Society, Church History, Comparative Religion, and Sociology of Religion, among many others. Religion Online is compiled by William F. Fore, a retired professor of theology, communications, and cultural studies.
http://www.religion-online.org/
Virtual Religion Index
This site, designed for students, has a variety of links to religious texts, information about current issues and controversies, and links to resources for specific religious traditions.
http://virtualreligion.net/vri/
Mythology:
Classical Myth: Homepage
This site is designed to draw together the ancient texts and images available on the Web concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology. We were most interested in bringing together the ancient sources and illustrations, but have included some Renaissance images that were just too good to leave out. Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria
http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/index.html
Digital Librarian: Mythology. Margaret Vail Anderson
This directory of links to mythology sites emphasizes mythology and folklore electronic texts and collections of legends.
http://www.digital-librarian.com/mythology.html
Encyclopedia Mythica: mythology, folklore, and religion
An award-winning internet encyclopedia The mythology section is divided to six geographical regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania. The Folklore section contains general folklore, Arthurian legends, and fascinating folktales from many lands. In addition, we feature special interest areas and an extensive image gallery.
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica.html
Greek Mythology Link, Home Page
The Greek Mythology Link is a collection of myths retold by Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. The GML contains Texts, Images, Chartsand Maps. The mythical accounts are based exclusively on ancient sources.
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/index.html
Mythology: Classical Myth, Fourth Edition(companion website for textbook): http://wps.prenhall.com/hss_powell_classical_4
The Trojan War Myth in Ancient Art
A list of images according to the topics: events before the war, the Trojan War, the fall of Troy and after, and finally, homecomings. Edited by Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Associate Professor of Classics, Temple University
http://www.temple.edu/classics/troyimages.html
Women in Greek Myths
Researched and Written by Ailia Athena. Updated often. You can browse through the Famous Ones, Goddesses, Nymphs, Humans, Amazons, Monstresses, Men, Gallery, and more. In her own words, easy to follow.
http://www.paleothea.com/
Last Updated 4/27/06
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